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The Free Cheese Game of the Year 2016 continues with Day 4 of voting. Joe, Marc, Matt, and Dashe discuss the nominees for the fourth round of Game of the Year categories. This episode includes the awards for: Best Single Player Most Innovative Favorite Industry Moment Best DLC/Expansion Best Narrative/Story

Here we begin Day 3 of voting for The Free Cheese Game of the Year 2016. Joe, Marc, Matt, and Dashe discuss the nominees for the third round of Game of the Year categories. This episode includes the awards for: I'll Buy It Again Best Friend Favorite Free Cheese Moment 2016's 2015 Game of the Year

Voting continues in Day 2 of The Free Cheese Game of the Year 2016. Joe, Marc, Matt, and Dashe discuss the nominees for the second round of Game of the Year categories. This episode includes the awards for: Biggest Disappointment Please Don't Suck Favorite In-Game Moment Best Multiplayer

The Free Cheese proudly presents the first day of Game of the Year 2016 voting. Joe, Marc, Matt, and Dashe discuss the nominees for the first round of Game of the Year categories. This episode includes the awards for: Best One-Session Game Best Toilet Game I'll Play It Next Year Best Aesthetic/Style

This week on The Free Cheese: we drink the elixir. Joe and Marc gather around the podcast table to talk about Super Mario Run and how Nintendo's fair plumber is doing on his first outing on our phones. We also talk about the new game from Grasshopper Manufacture, Let It Die, and how rad this unexpected game turned out to be. We play a little more Final Fantasy XV, but not enough to find our own Ch...

This week on The Free Cheese: We finish a lot of games. Marc climbs to the top of the tower and finishes The Last Guardian. Matt explores the weird, supernatural sidescrolling of Oxenfree. Joe finds all of the treasure and a brother in Uncharted 4. We also talk about Overcooked, Need for Speed, and Superhot as we run through some of our end of the year roundups. We talk about what we would do if w...

This week on The Free Cheese: Ellie is 19. Matt and Joe finish INSIDE from Playdead, while Marc and Joe start an adventure in Final Fantasy XV. Matt nearly creates spreadsheets to plan for Darkest Dungeon. Marc starts a band in Rock Band 4. Joe finishes Hyper Light Drifter. We recant the results of the Game Awards and lament some of the performances, then we see how we fared when making prediction...

This week on The Free Cheese: Marc hates ocarinas. In anticipation for the third annual PlayStation Experience, we make five predictions (or wishes) for what we expect to see from Sony's fan event. Joe continued in Fire Emblem Fates, and for some reason started working out with a four-year-old game. Marc beat DOOM and revisited Red Dead Revolver. Matt tested a bunch of game of the year contenders...

This week on The Free Cheese: Wii remember... Join us this week as we look back on ten years of the PS3 and the Wii, recalling the stories of cold nights waiting in line outside of big box retailers. We talk a lot about DOOM and why it's one of the best games we've played this year. Matt tells us more about his hockey league in NHL 17. Marc finds a new JRPG from SEGA called 7th Dragon III: VFD tha...

This week on The Free Cheese: we say goodbye to a friend. Gather around as Marc and Joe talk about what it is to be human, and other lessons we've learned from video games.  We were unable to procure our own NES Classic Editions, so we came together to make our own. We also have some stories from friends who were out on the hunt for Nintendo's new toy. Joe awakens from one nightmare only to discov...

This week on The Free Cheese: we want more free stuff. We share everything we know about the latest update in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and how we feel about the changes added to the game after three years. Marc forgets who he is and becomes a clerk as he falls (literally) into the world of Job Simulator. He takes the simulation thing to the next level and plays some puzzles to date girls in Hunie...

This week on The Free Cheese: we'll provide copies on release day! We bring our month of monsters to a close with a conversation about Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, our pick for this month's game club. Matt continues to love Batman: The Telltale Series in the latest episode release and tries the latest in first-person shooter offerings, Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2. Marc goes to the eShop and brin...

This week on The Free Cheese: it's Marc After Darc™ Gather around as Marc and Joe catch up on all things Nintendo Switch. Marc shares his hopes and dreams for Nintendo's new home console that can leave the home, as well as just how happy it makes him. As we discuss Now Playing, Joe takes us into the World of Final Fantasy and how classic Final Fantasy is given a Pokémon-styled gameplay mechanic. T...

This week on The Free Cheese Podcast: we turn 3 minutes into 2 hours. Nintendo announced its newest home console, the Nintendo Switch. Long known by its codename, "NX," the Nintendo Switch is a home console that has the ability to be carried outside of the home and played wherever you go. Joe and Matt discuss the nature of this new console and pull at every thread possible from the 3 minute traile...

This week on The Free Cheese Podcast: we turn the castle upside down. Join Joe, Marc, and Matt to discuss the preservation of video games, the retro section in big box retailers, and how the market for old games is created. Joe goes Japanese with Final Fantasy VI and Dragon Quest VII, Matt heads south in Mafia III, while Marc returns to a favorite land wearing new skin in Plague of Shadows. Joe tr...

This week on The Free Cheese: we learn which games Marc likes. Joe and Marc are joined by our good friend Matt to talk about why From Software doesn't make Zelda, eSports and mainstream media, and the new Pokémon evolutions. Matt deletes MLB the Show only to redownload it later. He just wrapped up the latest Deus Ex game, Mankind Divided and gets ready for Mafia III.  Marc finally gets Galak-Z to...

This week on The Free Cheese, we enter Ultra Reality. Joe and Marc gather this week to discuss the Nintendo 64 and its twentieth anniversary. We share the stories of receiving ours and the games we got at launch. Marc plays some Hyper Light Drifter in a glorious 60 frames per second and wonders why he has to in the first place. Joe wants more out of Slain: Back from Hell and finds it in Super Mari...

This week on The Free Cheese, we become human. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in North America next week, we discuss our list of favorite 20 N64 games and some of the games that made the cut. Marc tells us about the time he tricked a child. We find out if Joe was right about the NX after last week's prediction, and why Marc and Kyle struggle to find enjoyment in thatgamecompany's Journey. We dis...

This week on The Free Cheese, find out more next year.  Joe and Marc gather to talk about the swath of games that have been delayed and what is the appropriate reaction to disappointment. We look at how positive reinforcement can do a lot of good and how toxic it is when we spew negativity. We played FAST Racing NEO this week in attempt to fill the F-Zero void that lives in our hearts. We learn th...

This week on The Free Cheese, we get upgraded. Joe, Marc, and Kyle gather to discuss the PlayStation 4 Pro and PlayStation 4 Slim, and what those consoles really mean for our market.  We learn about Nintendo's mobile delays and its new game bringing Mario to the platform. Hyper Light Drifter gets cancelled for Wii U and PS Vita and we talk about why that's okay. Kyle struggles to find something to...

This week on The Free Cheese, we just want to be heard! Joe, Marc, and Dashe gather in a conversation about the classic days of Castlevania and Final Fantasy. We learn about Dashe's gaming history and the first game that he ever beat. We talk about the two very different camps of Final Fantasy fans and how Marc walks the line in between them. We go a little further into some of the Nintendo Direct...

This week on The Free Cheese, we talk directly to you about Nintendo. Kyle and Joe close out our month of Metroid coverage with a conversation about Metroid: Zero Mission. We talk about our experience with the game, why every Metroid game should be like this one, and why it's okay that Nintendo is a little strict with the use of its IP. After a week, Kyle has explored and understands a bit more of...

This week on The Free Cheese, we break hard drives! Marc responds to Kyle and Joe's conversation from last week, adding some insight into where we were last episode. Kyle contradicts himself from last week and finds himself piloting a ship to nowhere. Joe breaks his computer and has to borrow his girlfriend's to record! We talk about how certain games are like a secret garden to us, and how we've...

This week on The Free Cheese, Joe and Kyle try to understand discipline and attempt to balance their expectations with reality. We wonder why No Man's Sky is no more exciting than a trailer, and how difficult it is to create something that still provides thrill and surprise to encourage playground chatter in the modern era. We look at what makes stories interesting to us and try to uncover why we...

This week on The Free Cheese, Marc and Joe learn to love together forever. While Kyle is away, Marc and Joe talk about the cancellation of Metroid Dread. The lost game from 2005 remains a mystery but as we look back, we try to understand what it may have meant canonically for the series. Marc sees red in Doom and sees nothing inside of Metroid Prime: Blast Ball. Joe remains unimpressed with the 2....